The Battle Hardened Developer is a very useful book - in my opinion - not only for developers. The author, Fiodar Sazanavets, covers topics that are important for everyone who has an office job (ev...
C++23: flat_map, flat_set, et al.
C++23 is introducing some more data structures, some more associative containers. We are going to get the flat versions of map/set/multimap/multiset: flat_map flat_set flat_multimap flat_...
5 tips to find your next job
A few months ago, I decided that it was time for me to look for a new job. I must tell you, it’s a very competitive and requiring process. I’ve already written about it here and here focusing on di...
C++23: The stacktrace library
So far, there was no way in C++ to get runtime information on the current call sequence. Other popular programming languages such as Java, C# or Python provide this possibility. Thanks to P0881R7 a...
Don't feel bad because of failed interviews, just keep learning!
I was thinking about switching jobs since about the beginning of the year. But as we had our dream vacation planned for 3 weeks in April, I didn’t really want to look for a new job before coming ba...
C++23: Preprocessing directives
The ISO Committee accepted two proposals for C++23 related to preprocessing directives. P2334R1 is about introducing #elifdef and #elifndef and P2437R1 is introducing #warning. What is a preproces...
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Would I recommend Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman? It’s a very interesting book on how our thinking works and it can open up your mind about your own behaviour. But I mind you, only star...
Should you really memorize algorithm complexities?
A few years ago I read one of Yegor Bugayenko’s articles about his feelings about applying to a BigTech company. He wrote something like he would never be accepted and could never pass such intervi...
The Template Method Pattern and the Non-Virtual Idiom
The above title is also one of the chapter titles from Hands-On Design Patterns with C++ by Fedor Pikus. I liked the idea so much that I quickly started to use it and I wanted to share some more de...
3 ways to stay motivated when you are leaving your job
We all leave our employer one day. In certain countries, like the US, you can get away with a 2-week-long notice period. It’s so short that it’s not even worth talking about it. On the other hand, ...